Word: diisseldorf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...role in any of them. Lest he seem totally idle, he will direct the New York version, hop over to London occasionally to watch Sir John Gielgud direct that company, shove on to France to listen in on his own translation, and maybe catch the productions in Berlin and Diisseldorf for a change of pace. "It's bad," said Ustinov. "I'll be living in airplanes. But at least I won't have to play Wednesday matinees...
Halfhearted Efforts. A recent Common Market survey shows that the monthly rent for a three-room apartment in a lower-middle-class district averages $65 in Diisseldorf, $70 in Brussels and a skyscraping $180 in Paris, Europe's toughest town for housing. In Italy's cities, unskilled workers have a hard time finding one-room flats for $50, which represents one-half of their monthly income. The co-op apartment is also a high-level proposition; a two-bedroom flat in a middle-class district markets for $12.000 in Amsterdam, $14,000 in Hamburg...
...doormen in Europe's best hotels, but he is somewhat of an enigma to most people in his own home town of Pittsburgh. There the name vaguely connotes new-rich wealth, a reputation for eccentricity, and an ardor for collecting art. Last week, in the German city of Diisseldorf, G. David Thompson was making headlines that could well give Pittsburgh pause. On display were 343 first-class paintings and sculptures from his fabled collection-and every single one of them was up for sale...